Trucker Tools recently hosted a webinar, As Freight Comes Roaring Back, Are Brokers and Their Technology Ready?, featuring Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves, and Trucker Tools’ own CEO and founder, Prasad Gollapalli. In the webinar, we discussed where the freight brokerage market is right now and what to expect for the remainder of 2020. As part of the…
While it can’t solve every problem under the sun, technology can help you run a lean and highly efficient business that minimizes redundancies and maximizes profits. This year, we’ve seen just how powerful technology can be in the logistics and freight brokerage industries. During COVID-19, companies with digital operations have been better able to weather fluctuating demand and uneven truck…
Choosing a transportation management system is one of the biggest technology decisions you will make for your brokerage or logistics company. Getting the right TMS for your operations can mean the difference between growing your business and profit margins or continuing to tread water or even falling behind your competitors. A quality TMS can help you reduce your cost per…
This year has been all about adjustments and change. As we transition from summer into fall/winter, consumer spending is rebounding and volumes generally are up. At the same time, transportation capacity has fallen to record new lows. With all of these factors in play, our September 2020 blogs are focused on the big picture and how adjusting your strategy can…
Strategic engagement improves precision, timeliness of shipment in-transit updates; streamlines transactions with carriers through Book-It-Now®, an automated, one-click booking tool RESTON, VA – OCTOBER 15, 2020 – Trucker Tools announced today that Matson Logistics has selected Trucker Tools’ app-based visibility solution to improve tracking latency and accuracy for truckload shipments, and the company’s automated Book It Now® feature for one-click…
Earlier this year, Trucker Tools launched a new Visibility Compliance Champions program to recognize top achievers of real-time visibility. The goal of this program is to honor those freight brokers and logistics providers who provide the highest levels of visibility they can with Trucker Tools’ real-time visibility platform. In this blog, we’re recognizing all those who have met or surpassed…
Shippers have endless options when it comes to moving their products: truckload, LTL, expedited, intermodal, air, rail, brokered or direct. As a freight broker or logistics provider, there are steps you can take to stand out to shippers and differentiate yourself from your competition. One of the best places to start is with real-time visibility because it continues to be…
The benefits of achieving greater operational efficiency in your freight brokerage are numerous and significant. Boosting efficiency allows you to shift your staffing resources away from manual tasks to relationship-building activities with shippers and carriers, which helps you grow your business. Operating more efficiently reduces your cost per load and maximizes your profit margins. It also can boost the volume…
In a JOC survey last year, more than half of the shippers who responded said that freight visibility is the greatest challenge that technology can address. A recent Gartner Wants and Needs Survey also ranked visibility as the highest priority in the supply chain and in an IHS Markit survey, only 15 percent of the shippers surveyed reported being very…
FreightWaves reported last week that outbound tender rejection rates are at 25 percent, meaning one in four loads are being rejected. The current capacity crunch is just the beginning of what’s expected to be one of the most intense peak shipping seasons in recent history. In a recent panel discussion at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ EDGE 2020…